"Grrrr…." Gold growls while climbing the stairs with a face full of hatred, attempting futilely to remove his clothes.
"Give it up, man, just apologize. Hahaha!" Draconius tries to maintain a serious face while advising him, but it's only a half-hearted attempt.
"Do you idiots think this will shake me? Keep watching, I'll take this crap off even if it costs me my life."
"No need to exaggerate, I'll take care of it later." Looking at the madness in Gold's golden eyes, Draco was genuinely afraid of the crazy things this rooster would do.
The duo quickly ascended the stairs, passing through two terraced floors with a view of the endless barren land.
Arriving at the palace, They passing by statues so realistic that they seemed alive, Gold becomes irritated.
"Why are you all looking at me weird? Do your job right, or I'll cut down your food supply and make you vo-." The rooster says with his eyes almost glowing red but is quickly interrupted by a large claw that presses his beak and lifts him off the ground.
"RUM! HUM! GRRRR!!!"
"Don't mind this chicken, folks, he's just going through one of those phases. It was a pleasure meeting you all!" Draco waves his arm with a smile and quickly turns to enter the palace.
The dragon statue leaning against the entrance suddenly raises its hand in a positive signal but quickly returns to its previous position.
"You can't be threatening the only employees around, especially when they're the bodyguards protecting us!" Draco says irritably and throws the chicken away from him.
"But did you see how they looked at me? That phoenix statue looked at me as if I were a cute creature! Imagine if that spreads when I become king! Aaah!" Gold says gesturing excessively.
*Cut*
"Why are you already hallucinating?" Cutting the clothes that were driving the chicken crazy, Draconius turns to see the interior of his future home.
"Thank you." Gold finally sighs in relief, being forced to wear maid clothes has become one of his new traumas.
The main entrance led to a grand hall with walls of some shiny white material intricately carved to the point of mesmerizing visitors with the harmony of details.
A large violet chandelier contained crystals that emitted a dazzling glow, illuminating the place, and a large red carpet stretched from the entrance to a gigantic main staircase that split into two sides of the hall, leading visitors to two corridors with hand-carved dragon parapets, full of doors overlooking the lower floor.
"Beautiful!" Draconius, upon seeing such grandeur, goes to the center of the hall to appreciate everything, followed by the grumpy chicken.
On the right side of the entrance was a service counter, which was currently empty, and on the opposite side were two sofas and a small table for visitors to have tea while waiting for service.
While checking everything, a notification appears in front of Draconius.
[MYSTERIOUS REWARDS REPLACING THE SPIRIT OF THE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN DETERMINED]
"Well, you were right about it being released now." The dragon speaks excitedly to the chicken.
"Good thing I managed to get out, how long have we been traveling on that time river? My back is killing me." The chicken puts his wings in the lower back region, trying to massage while talking.
After being impressed with the place, and the anger subsiding, Gold was finally feeling the weight of sleeping for years in a chair.
"I think a few thousand years, at least." Draco calculates with his fingers and speaks while waiting for the next rewards.
*Ding!*
[THIRD REWARD RELEASED IN INVENTORY: GOLDEN SPOON, BANKER'S CHECKBOOK]
Draconius is confused, he expected some good techniques or something, but a spoon and a checkbook are things that never crossed his mind.
"Check the item descriptions, there will be some surprises." Gold advises with a smile on his beak when he sees the confused dragon.
"Really? I thought it was just an extra defense in the clothes." Draconius noticed some kind of energy in the clothes and, with his expertise of inexperience, thought it helped in defense or something.
[BANKER'S ATTIRE (SET)]: A banker must always be presentable and defend against robbers! Set abilities:
-Soul-linked items capable of increasing defensive capabilities according to the owner's strength
-When complete, increases defenses by 1 stage from any realm and never gets dirty.
[BANKER'S TOP HAT]
CLASSIFICATION: S
DEFENSE: Mortal Stage 3(4)
DESCRIPTION: Has the effect of calming thoughts and protecting the soul and spirit against attacks and curses. In addition to being very elegant, increasing the charm.
[BANKER'S WHITE SHIRT]
CLASSIFICATION: S
DEFENSE: Mortal Stage 3(4)
DESCRIPTION: Someone so rich must be protected, this shirt is the last line of defense for a banker, providing extra protection against piercing or blunt attacks.
[BANKER'S SUIT]
CLASSIFICATION: S
DEFENSE: Mortal Stage 3(4)
DESCRIPTION: You will attend to various types of clients and must be elegant to conduct your business! In addition to providing protection against all types of attacks, it will increase your charm for all races, making negotiations easier.
[BANKER'S PANTS]
CLASSIFICATION: S
DEFENSE: Mortal Stage 3(4)
DESCRIPTION: The zipper closes automatically! Never go through that embarrassment again, this could ruin the negotiation of an experienced banker.
[BANKER'S LEATHER SHOES]
CLASSIFICATION: S
DEFENSE: Mortal Stage 3(4)
DESCRIPTION: Increases the overall speed of the banker, after all, you must count money quickly and know how to run if the situation demands.
"That's awesome! But some things are strange..." Draco is left open-mouthed to see all this but also without words for the descriptions...
"There are many hidden abilities too, as your access level is low, you'll have to discover them over time. As you just built the bank, your access level is 1 and will increase according to the missions you complete. Now, grab the two items, I'm curious." Gold After explaining this, encourages with evident curiosity on his face.
With a thought from Draco, a screen with several empty squares appears in front of him, only the first two are occupied.
"I better deposit everything here." With another thought, he takes everything from his personal storage space to put in the system's inventory, he only had golden eggs. Quickly, four squares are filled with the central image of a golden egg with 64 written in the corner, and the dragon smiles happily with the gains.
"Ah! I feel my spine healed. Come here, let's check these items right away!" No one knew when Gold was sitting on one of the red sofas next to the entrance, waving his hand to Draco, who arrives hesitantly to sit, after all, he is over 5 meters tall, and even though the sofa is large, it seems to be made for humans. "Relax, it won't break!"
'Soft!' Sitting next to the chicken, he could only think that he was sitting on clouds and was surprised by the resistance of the material.
Waving satisfied with the quality, he opens the inventory and presses on the two items he received, and they materialize in his hand, a simple spoon made of gold and a checkbook with the bank's name made of quality paper.
[GOLDEN SPOON OF THE BANKER]
CLASSIFICATION: SS
DESCRIPTION: Everyone says that someone born rich has a golden spoon in their mouth with envy, but they wish they were born with one. Go and show the grand power of the golden spoon to all who scorn, execute unlimited Mortal stage 3 attacks.
[BANKER'S CHECKBOOK]
CLASSIFICATION: SS
DESCRIPTION: Every banker must invest in businesses and flaunt cash, use a check to spend money.
NOTE: Maybe you can buy the lives of your enemies with this.
"This is broken! At least I feel more at ease with this." The corner of Draco's mouth trembles seeing the item descriptions, at least he felt quite secure understanding the potential of these items, making his smile increase.
But it seemed that the system was quite pleased with the new location.
[LAST REWARD BEING ISSUED TO THE USER, THE SYSTEM HAS DETECTED AMONG THE COUNTLESS WORLDS SOME ITEMS OF CLASSIFICATION, PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE LIST AND CHOOSE QUICKLY BEFORE SOME LUCKY ONE GRABS IT.]
"There's more!" Draconius shouts upon seeing the notification.
"Seriously, dude, what kind of place did you bring us to? It's being so generous, I'll check it out later." Gold is curious because in the location, besides the strange gases dispersed all over the surface and falling from the pipes, there is nothing else to see here.
"The place is called Beyond the End, here, a lot of divine energy from the temporal element accumulates, useful for time dragons. But as it's from an entire region that will be destroyed, various other types of energy are infiltrating the place. I think the system might be using it for something, right? All this is, besides the name, my assumption." Draconius puts his hand on his chin and guesses, after all, he at least knew that it's not easy to find so many good items.
"Later, I'll look into that. It seems the time has come!" Gold was going to say something, but he stopped for a moment and suddenly got excited, a notification sound along with a screen appears in front of Draco after he says that.
*Ding!*